Sash-fastener



(No Model.) C. J. CLARKE. -SASH FASTBNER. l

VVtnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. CLARKE, OF KINGSBURG, CALIFORNIA. I

sAsH-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,408, dated December1, 1896.

Application led J'uly 13,1895.` Serial No. 555,897. (No model.)

To all wL07n it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. CLARKE, of Kingsburg, in the county ofFresno and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sash-Fasteners and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis speciication.

My invention has relation to improvements in sash-fasteners, which willbe fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

My present invention pertains to certain improvements in constructionupon my Patent No. 437,852, granted October 7, 1890, and pertainsparticularly to the construction and arrangement of the pawl for holdingthe bolt7 the supplying of screw-flanges, the separating of the casingto permit greater convenience and ease in applying the spring to thebolt, providing the casing with a depression to permit the use of aparting-bead which serves as a weather-strip, 85o., and a cord-fasteningdevice in which theA cord is laid and the edges of metal closed firmlythereupon.

Figure l -is a vertical section of a window frame and sashes with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my fastenerwhich is applied to the upper sash. Fig. 3 is a similar view of thefastening which is applied to the lower sash, except it is transverselyseparable. Fig. 4 is an internal view of the fastener, showing the boltand springcatch for holding it in its reversed position. Fig. 5 is adetail view of the cord-fastener. Fig. 6 is a detached View of theoord-fastener. Fig. 7 shows the oord-fastener attached or hooked to theshoe.

A represents the window-frame, and B the sashes to which my invention isapplied.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 2, which shows the fastener foi` theupper sash, d is the casing or outer portion thereof, having on itsinner side inside of the edges of the portion a the parallel-extendingflanges l), which extend in beyond this portion a, and the outside ofthe casing deflected, as shown in Fig. 2, to form the depression e forthe purpose of permitting the use of a parting-bead, as will be readilyunderstood. At the outer end o f these parallel iianges b is aninwardly-proj ecting flange d, having an outwardly-projecting integralcylindrical portion e', through which'the bolt f passes. This bolt f ismade of the construction here shown and which is substantially the sameas that in my former patent, with the exception that the bolt isprovided with the shoulders g, forming locks or stops therefor. Pivotedbetween the parallel flanges b is the latch h, having its inner endprovided with a projecting lip i', which is adapted to engage the stopupon the bolt for holdingthe bolt either in its inward or outwardposition. Surrounding the bolt is a spring j, serving to hold the boltnormally outward. l

lVhen the bolt is drawn inward out of engagement with the openingsformed in the window-frame or in a casting attached to the window-frame,it is only neoessaryto depress the pawl or latch 7L, and the bolt'willautomatically move outward in engagement with the said openings.

Attention is especially directed to the fact that the fastener for theupper sash has these flanges h extend inward, and the window is recessedfor the purpose of receiving these flanges, so that the fastener issubstantially iiush with the outer side of the sash and permits theupper sash to move freely up and down, as will be readily understood.

In the ligure showing the lower-sash fastener it will be noticed thatthe ianges of portion a extend laterally from the inner edges of theflanges b, so that the `mechanism of the fastener is really outside ofthe sash instead of inside, as in the previously-de-V scribed fastener.It will also be noticed that the depression for the parting-strip is notnecessary and is therefore omitted.

Vhen this device is to be used for a transom-fastener, the cylindricalportion e maybe omitted without affecting or departing from myinvention.

In Fig. 3 I show the casing of the fastener separable upon the line a;x, so that that portion may be removed, thus permitting the readyplacing of the spring around the bolt, as will be readily understood.

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It is not necessary to describe the operation of my sashes, this beingfully shown and described in my previously-inentioned patent.

In Fig. 5 a detached perspective view is shown of the shoe S, in whichthe cylinders e ol' the fasteners are journaled and in which they turnwhen the sash is tilted.

Fig. G is a detached View of the cord-fastener, and Fig. 7 shows thecord-fastener attachedor hooked to the shoe, the cord-fastener havingthe hook w for that purpose and the shoe having the inclined end m forthe hook w and also the opening t for the shank a of the cord-fastener.As shown clearly in Fig. (i, the cord-fastener u has parallel flanges pfor inclosing the cord. It will be seen that this is a very convenientmethod of attaching the cord to the shoe for elevating and lower ing thesaine. l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A cord fastener and attachment for windows, consisting of a barhaving at one end a hook and a cord-attachin g means at the other end,in combination with a slotted carryingblock for the sash,` the end ofthe block having at one side a groove communicating with the slot of adepth equal to the thickness of the main portion of the hook-bar andadapted to receive it, whereby the bar and block are flush,substantially as shown.

2. A sash-fastener comprising a casing, an endwise-moving bolt thereinhaving one end projecting to form a lock and its opposite end projectingto form a handle, a spring within the casing normally holding the boltinward in a locked position, the bolt having an intermediate laterallocking-shoulder, and a latch intermediately pivoted within the casinghaving one end provided with two lockingshoulders adapted to engage thebolt-locking shoulder as described, the distance between the twolatch-shoulders being equal to the endwise movement of the bolt, and theopposite end of the latch projecting from the casing to forin a handle,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence ol two witnesses.

CHARLES J. CLARKE.

VitnesSeS:

C. II. CHURCH, J. F. I-IAYHURST.

